A house is the basis for the bêt (our B) sign because the early West Semitic word for house was baytu.
author
Seth Sanders
citation
Sanders, S. 2023. Who Really Invented the Alphabet? The Ancient Near East Today 11.8. Accessed at:
https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/08/who-invented-alphabet
retrieved
2023-12-12
tags
B
alphabet
history
house
website
https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/08/who-invented-alphabet/